Plenary sessions

We have a range of plenary lectures lined up that cover topics of importance to the wider scientific community, delivered by our keynote speakers. The plenary lectures will take place at the start of the day.

Biodiversity and climate change

Tuesday 25 March

• Dame Jane Francis – British Antarctic Survey, UK
• Hans-Otto Pörtner – Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Health and disease

Wednesday 26 March

• Sadaf Farooqi – University of Cambridge, UK
• Charles Swanton – The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Emerging technologies

Thursday 27 March

• Jennifer Lippincott-Schwarz – HHMI Janelia, USA
• Manu Prakash – Stanford University, USA

View the preliminary programme overview (PDF)